Euro-SSIG

Type:	Academic Organization
Industry:	Internet Governance
Founded:	2007
Founder(s):	University of Aarhus Medienstadt Leipzig e.V.
Website:	www.euro-ssig.eu
Key People
Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Chairman

Euro-SSIG stands for the European Summer School on Internet Governance, which offers one week academic hours to students interested in learning about internet governance. The topics discussed during the summer school include political, legal, economic, socio-cultural, and technological and many other issues affecting the global internet such as intellectual property, cyber crime, digital divide, new market opportunities etc. Euro-SSIG was established by the University of Aarhus and the Medienstadt Leipzig e.V. in 2007.Wolfgang Kleinwächter,= serves as Chairman of the academia.

Background

The need to establish an international academic organization dedicated in providing comprehensive instruction about internet governance was realized by the academic members of United Nations Working Group of Internet Governance (WGIG), who were also contributed in providing a complete and elaborate explanation of the meaning of internet governance. On June 2006, an expert meeting was held in Rathen Germany which was prepared and coordinated by the small ad hoc working group that was created and supported by International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), International Communication Association (ICA) and UNESCO. The result of the meeting was the establishment of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET) and Euro-SSIG. On July 2007, the first internet governance school was held at Meissen, Germany.

Euro-SSIG 2007

Twenty one fellows from both developed and developing countries participated during the Euro-SSIG from July 31 to August 7, 2007. The faculties of the summer school provided 40 hours of lecture regarding the history and theories of internet governance including the technical, economic, socio-political and legal implications of the global internet. Faculties include:

• Bill Drake, Graduate Institute for International Studies Geneva
• Jonathan Zittrain, Oxford Internet Institute
• Jeanette Hofmann, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
• Avri Doria, Lulea Technology University
• David Souter, London School of Economics
• Bertrand de la Chapelle, GAC- France
• Michael Niebel, GAC- European Commission
• lga Cavalli, GAC- Argentina
• Professor Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Euro-SSIG Faculty Chairman, University of Aarhus

Governmental Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN's policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues (ICANN Bylaws).